Understanding and meeting the needs of students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-162

  Ramburuth, Prem ^a   Härtel, Charmine E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged groups; Equal opportunities; Higher education; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650922772     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504971011075156     Document Type: Article

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